Ward interior, Royal Infirmary

Category

Library Item

Item no

37931

Title

Ward interior, Royal Infirmary

Description

Message reads,
'Ward 3 [?]
Dear C,
I am wondering how you are all getting on? This is a P.C. of the ward, I thought you would like it.
I don't think I'll be very long or I get home now. Trusting you are all well.
Love from G.S.D'

Artist / maker

Unknown

Date

1923

Size

8.8 x 13.8

Type

Postcard

An infirmary was founded in Edinburgh in 1729 at the top of Robertson's Close which leads south from the Cowgate. The hospital received its Royal Charter in 1736, becoming Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. It moved a short distance to Infirmary Street in 1741 and again to Lauriston Place in 1879. The Royal Infirmary moved once again in 2003 to a new site at Little France, and the Lauriston Place site is now the location for the Quartermile development.

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Places > Scotland > Edinburgh